The success of Musical Futures has spread to Australia, where Dr Michael Webb of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, based at the University of Sydney, outlines the trial implementation of the Musical Futures programme into the initial teacher training programme there.  A number of very pleasing pieces of evidence show some of the highlights and challenges of implementing the Musical Futures ethos into their teaching, and the student teachers are all helping to show how the informal learning approach can enhance the teaching of Music in the classroom.  An official Musical Futures development programme will begin in the New Year in Australia, part funded by NAMM, in California, and education departments in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. We'll be welcoming our Aussie colleagues to some of the training courses in January.